BBC reporter breaks unbreakable Sonim phone at CES

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There are a lot of cell phone companies at CES launching products; one of which was Sonim showing off its latest XP3.2 Quest Pro. We’ve seen Sonim’s rugged phones before and the extreme tests reviewers put them through, so when Sonim say a phone is unbreakable you would probably believe them.

CES was not a great showing for the company, however, as Dan Simmons, a reporter from the BBC, managed to break the phone with very little effort. After submerging it in a tank full of water the reporter said:

Bob has challenged me that I can do anything I like to this phone and it won’t destroy it.

He then hits it a few times on the side of the tank, the screen cracks, and the phone is a paperweight. The Sonim PR guy laughs and claps probably sweating a bit as to what to do. He then confirms the phone is broken.

So what should be taken away from this incident? Don’t call your device unbreakable unless it truly is.